2023 Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama
It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamp that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for teaching students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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Top Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama
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Our 2023 rankings named University of West Alabama the best school in Alabama for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at University of West Alabama. During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list.
Auburn does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 35% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Samford University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Samford. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 53% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Alabama State University is a great place for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at Alabama State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 91% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Alabama helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in Alabama.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UA does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 71% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Alabama at Birmingham ranked #6 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list.
UAB does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 58% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #7, University of South Alabama did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at USA. In 2019-2020 about 75% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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